Contents
Autodesk Maya FBX Plug-in Help
Copyright
Maya FBX Plug-in What’s New
What’s new in this version
Stereo Camera support
Smooth Mesh
Selection Sets support
Display layer support
Export Selection functionality
Enhanced hardware shader support
Enhanced Tangent type support
Queryable FBX plug-in commands
Camera image plane export/import support
Displacement Map export/import
support
Normal Map export/import
support
Tangents and Binormals support
Use scene name
Generate log data
Known limitations for this version
Unwanted geometry appearance
Cluster import
Scale compensation
Selection sets
Conversion support
File textures, procedural,
and map channels
Camera support
Light support
Custom properties
Level of Detail group nodes
Installing the Maya FBX Plug-in
Windows installation
Macintosh installation
Linux installation
Downloading the Maya FBX Plug-in
Checking your version number
FBX Plug-in UI
Plug-in menu bar
Edit
Creating a custom preset
Editing a preset
Storing presets
Edit mode options
Help
Web updates
Export/Import or Close
Export
Exporting from Maya to
an FBX file
Export presets
Autodesk Media &
Entertainment preset
Edit/Save preset
Include
Geometry
Smoothing Groups
Split per-vertex normals
Tangents and Binormals
Smooth Mesh
Selection Sets
Convert to Null objects
Convert NURBS surface
to
Instances to objects
Referenced containers
content
Display Layers
Animation
Extra options
Use scene name
Quaternion interpolation
mode
Bake animation
Deformed Models
Curve filters
Constant key reducer
Geometry cache file(s)
Constraints
FBIK definition
Cameras
Lights
Embed media
Connections
Input Connections
Advanced options
Units
Scale Factor
Scene units converted
to
Axis conversion
UI
Show/Hide Warning Manager
Generate log data
FBX file format
Type
FBX version
Collada
Import
Importing FBX files into
Maya
Import presets
Autodesk Media & Entertainment preset
Edit/Save preset
Statistics
Include
Geometry
Unlock Normals
Combine per-vertex Normals
Animation
Extra options
Animation Take
Fill timeline
Bake animation layers
Optical markers
Quaternion interpolation mode
Protect driven keys
Deforming elements to joints
Update pivots from Nulls
Geometry cache file(s)
Deformed Models
Constraints
FBIK definition
File content
Cameras
Lights
Advanced options
Units
Scale Factor
File units converted to
UI
Show/Hide Warning Manager
Generate log data
Axis conversion
Maya FBX Plug-ins Workflows
IFFFS
MotionBuilder layers support
Camera interoperability limitations
Quads vs. Triangles
Renaming strategy
Unwanted geometry appearance
Maya MEL Scripting
Scripting commands
Export commands
FBXExport
FBXExportAnimationOnly
FBXExportApplyConstantKeyReducer
FBXExportAxisConversionMethod
FBXExportBakeComplexAnimation
FBXExportBakeComplexEnd
FBXExportBakeComplexStart
FBXExportBakeComplexStep
FBXExportCacheFile
FBXExportCameras
FBXExportCharacter
FBXExportColladaFrameRate
FBXExportColladaSingleMatrix
FBXExportColladaTriangulate
FBXExportConstraints
FBXExportConvert2Tif
FBXExportDxfTriangulate
FBXExportDxfDeformation
FBXExportEdgeSmoothing
FBXExportEmbeddedTextures
FBXExportFileVersion
FBXExportGenerateLog
FBXExportHardEdges
FBXExportInAscii
FBXExportInputConnections
FBXExportInstances
FBXExportLights
FBXExportQuaternion
FBXExportQuickSelectSetAsCache
FBXExportReferencedContainersContent
FBXExportScaleFactor
FBXExportShapes
FBXExportSkins
FBXExportUpAxis
FBXExportUseSceneName
FBXExportTangents
FBXImport
FBXImportAxisConversionEnable
FBXImportCacheFile
FBXImportCameras
FBXImportCharacter
FBXImportConstraints
FBXImportConvertDeformingNullsToJoint
FBXImportDxfWeldVertice
FBXImportDxfReferenceNode
FBXImportDxfObjectDerivation
FBXImportEdgeSmoothing
FBXImportFillTimeline
FBXImportGenerateLog
FBXImportHardEdges
FBXImportLights
FBXImportMergeBackNullPivots
FBXImportMergeAnimationLayers
FBXImportMode
FBXImportOverrideNormalsLock
FBXImportProtectDrivenKeys
FBXImportQuaternion
FBXImportResamplingRateSource
FBXImportScaleFactorEnable
FBXImportScaleFactor
FBXImportSetMayaFrameRate
FBXImportSetLockedAttribute
FBXImportShapes
FBXImportSkins
FBXImportUpAxis
FBXConvertUnitString
FBXGetTakeComment
FBXGetTakeCount
FBXGetTakeIndex
FBXGetTakeLocalTimeSpan
FBXGetTakeName
FBXGetTakeReferenceTimeSpan
FBXLoadExportPresetFile
FBXLoadImportPresetFile
FBXRead
FBXResetImport
FBXResetExport
FBXResamplingRate
Maya FBX Plug-in glossary